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Arnold police said a city man was seen driving at speeds of more than 90 mph with two children under 10 months old unrestrained in the back of his car, where police said they found marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
Police charged Christian Barr Hawkins, 26, with several felony counts of endangering the welfare of children, simple assault, resisting arrest, and drug and traffic offenses.
Police said an officer working with agents from the state attorney general’s office was alerted around 1 p.m. Wednesday of a man running from the back of a residence in the 2000 block of Kenneth Avenue. A criminal complaint filed in the case said the man got into a black Mercedes and sped away, and a short time later the officer saw the car turn from Leishman Avenue onto Richmond Street at a high rate of speed.
Man exceeded 90 mph with 2 infants, drugs in his car: Westmoreland County police
Updated 9:23 PM;
Arnold police said a city man was seen driving at speeds of more than 90 mph with two children under 10 months old unrestrained in the back of his car, where police said they found marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
Police charged Christian Barr Hawkins, 26, with several felony counts of endangering the welfare of children, simple assault, resisting arrest, and drug and traffic offenses.
Arnold is located in Westmoreland County within the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
Police said an officer working with agents from the state attorney general’s office was alerted around 1 p.m. Wednesday of a man running from the back of a residence in the 2000 block of Kenneth Avenue. A criminal complaint filed in the case said the man got into a black Mercedes and sped away, and a short time later the officer saw the car turn from Leishman Avenue onto Richmond Street at a high rate of speed.